Country size comparison

compared to

Italy is about 6 times bigger than Costa Rica.

Costa Rica is approximately 51,100 sq km, while Italy is approximately 301,340 sq km, making Italy 490% larger than Costa Rica. Meanwhile, the population of Costa Rica is ~5.2 million people (55.9 million more people live in Italy).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Costa Rica vs. Italy uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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